Remakes are always a challenge and they always are sitting ducks. Nicolas Cage More Quotes by Nicolas Cage More Quotes From Nicolas Cage I remember once imagining what my life would be like, what I'd be like. I pictured having all these qualities, strong positive qualities that people could pick up on from across the room. But as time passed, few became qualities that I actually had. And all the possibilities I faced, and the sorts of people I could be, all of them got reduced every year to fewer and fewer until finally they got reduced to one - to who I am. And that's who I am. Nicolas Cage who-i-am strong years I don't like it when people on the street say "smile" or "cheer up." It's a real cheap line. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling real grateful for everything. It's a solid time in my life. When people say I look sad, they're wrong. Nicolas Cage cheer real thank-you My father once said, 'If you're in the desert and you're dying of thirst, are you going to drink a glass of blood or are you going to drink a glass of water?' I think what he was trying to say, interesting coming from my blood father, is sometimes there are people in your family that can be toxic. Nicolas Cage glasses father thinking I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think. Nicolas Cage powerful inspirational thinking My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting. Nicolas Cage dancer acting mother I'm at the point now where I know I'm doing something right when a movie gets mixed reviews, because then I'm not in the box. I don't want to make it too easy for people and I don't want to make it too easy for myself. I want to try something unusual. Nicolas Cage want trying people You get dinged for wanting to do a comedy, then wanting to do a big-budget action film, and then wanting to do an indie. But you can't let other people trying to label you get in the way of trying to do something artistically. Nicolas Cage labels trying people I didn't play the Ghost Rider in the first movie. That was a stuntman. In this film, the Ghost Rider feels much more alive because I did put some thought into how he should walk and into how he should move. I was so into the character, in fact, that I would paint my face with white and black makeup to look like a skull. And I put on blacked-out contact lenses, so I almost looked like an Afro-New Orleanian voodoo icon by the name of Baron Samedi. Oh man, I would walk around the set without saying a word to anybody, and I could see the fear in my co-stars' and co-directors' eyes. Nicolas Cage eye character moving One of the great bonuses of being a film actor is that I get to go to different places, meet inspiring people and learn different things. So all those details add up. Nicolas Cage details different people I don't know if my wife left me because of my drinking or I started drinking 'cause my wife left me. Nicolas Cage wife causes drinking I always add a year to myself, so I'm prepared for my next birthday. So when I was 39, I was already 40. Nicolas Cage age add years We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which is something I take great umbrage with. You know, my son is Asian. He may want to direct one day; he may want to be an actor like his father - and I want that to be open to him. Nicolas Cage chinese father son I'm legally unable to ride motorcycles. It's a contract that I have with my life insurance, so whenever I get a chance to do a movie and ride a bike I go for it. Nicolas Cage motorcycle contracts chance I have a love-hate relationship with New Orleans, which is the strongest sort of relationship. I've had some extraordinary, beautiful, poetic experiences in this city and I've had some terrible experiences in this city. I'm drawn to New Orleans, in many ways feel I grew up in New Orleans, even though I'm from the West. Nicolas Cage new-orleans hate beautiful I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of rock 'n' roll sensibility. Nicolas Cage rock-n-roll rocks kind With the advent of this kind of TMZ culture, it sadly seems to have infiltrated the vanguard of film commentary. I see these reviews sometimes where I think, well, you have a right to say whatever you want about my work, and I will listen whether it's good or bad and see if there's something that I might work with, but personal issues don't have a place in film commentary. Nicolas Cage issues culture thinking Most of my favourite moments in film have been when I've had an opportunity to say something from scratch, something original, whether I jotted down a few lines or it came out in improvisation. Nicolas Cage scratches lines opportunity I'm a seeker. I'm very much a believer in science. But I do think there are times when science and mysticism intersect. Nicolas Cage seekers believer thinking First of all the criteria that I have that goes into any career decision is whether or not I have the life experience, emotional resources to play the part truthfully or the imagination. Second, would be the director. 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